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Byron Stol

@ByronStol

Left of Labor, Political Junkie, Secular Humanist, Rusted On Socialist, Atheist, Queer 🏳️‍🌈, Male Survivor CSA SA FV, NDIS & Mental Health Activist.

 Wadawurrung, Australia
Joined December 2009
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For queer people such as Stuart, community sport can be life-saving abc.net.au/news/2026-11-08/m…
For queer people, community sport can be life-saving

For queer people, community sport can be life-saving

For many gay men, sport has been a place of isolation but queer sporting clubs are now giving them a sense of belonging.

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The Ballarat Catholic Diocese has treated clergy abuse survivors with contempt, so I hope the survivors like Gary Sculley gain some peace with the decision to create memorials. abc.net.au/news/2026-11-08/m…
Church abuse survivors to be honoured in memorial

Church abuse survivors to be honoured in memorial

After a decade of advocacy, memorials honouring and supporting victim-survivors of institutional clergy abuse will be put in at two sites in Ballarat.

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Getting a bit sick and tired of middle class people sooking about David Jones closing. Has been going on for days on the telly and radio and just now on JOYFM (Queer Melbourne radio station) Sat Mag with Macca and Paul. 🙄
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Deeply concerning, as well as what it means for people on low government payments - "Essential workers struggle to afford vast majority of rental listings, report reveals". abc.net.au/news/2026-11-05/e…
Essential workers being priced out of rental market, report shows

Essential workers being priced out of rental market, report shows

Anglicare's annual Rental Affordability Snapshot has revealed key occupations, including retail workers, social workers and cleaners, can afford fewer than 1 per cent of rental listings.

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Put people before profit: vote socialist. We'll stand up to the major parties and the big corporate interests they serve, push back against the racism of One Nation, and fight to ensure everyone, no matter their circumstances, has what they need to live a dignified life.
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💯% this 👇 Absolute Madness...
Penny Allman-Payne (@senatorpennyqld) profile picturePenny Allman-Payne
@senatorpennyqldNov 3
The RBA has just hiked rates to a near 20-year high. This will send living costs soaring & spike unemployment - WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY THEY'RE DOING IT! It's absolute madness. If our economy can only be saved by making millions suffer, maybe it's time we built a different economy.
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Find it mind-blowing whenever I drive to Ballarat how there is this never ending number of houses being built in new suburbs. Has been going on for years. So much for "housing supply" supposedly fixing the housing crisis. abc.net.au/news/2026-11-03/n…
New suburb 100km from Melbourne to become home to 13k people

New suburb 100km from Melbourne to become home to 13k people

The Victorian government approves plans for a new suburb in Ballarat for 13,000 residents. It will include four schools.

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Aww second example to happen in recent weeks. "Boater rescues tired wallaby swimming more than 100m off Portland". abc.net.au/news/2026-10-30/w…
Boater rescues tired wallaby swimming out to sea more than 100m offshore

Boater rescues tired wallaby swimming out to sea more than 100m offshore

When seagulls started madly squawking near the Portland marina in western Victoria, Matt Smith thought they'd found a dog in the water. He was in for a surprise.

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When I think of Patrick Stewart, it's not Captain Picard or Professor X that springs to mind. It's this quote. May he rest in peace.
Image from Ricky | Council Estate Media (@cem_uk_)
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I'm more of a Blakes7 or Babylon5 kinda guy, but this made me sad nonetheless. Vale Patrick Stewart. "Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies at 86". abc.net.au/news/2026-10-30/a…
Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies at 86

Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies at 86

According to a statement on his X account, the British actor has died at his home in Los Angeles after a period with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.

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Segal is at it again, demanding to police the universities, the ABC and SBS. She is an arrogant menace . smh.com.au/national/new-wave…
New wave of Australian antisemitism comes from progressive social justice critics, Segal says

New wave of Australian antisemitism comes from progressive social justice critics, Segal says

Anger over the actions of the Israeli government, including the devastating war in Gaza, has spawned a new type of antisemitism, according to a national report.

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Given Graeme Innes has been on the NDIA board since 2022, I have zero confidence in him replacing Kurt Fearnly as Chair of NDIA Board.
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melissa@ArtistAffameOct 29
Remember the time Labor rusted ons said that Labor just needed a second term to raise jobseeker 🙃
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Shorten appears to have forgotten how he punched down on People with Disability while a Minister. What a prick. #abc730
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6000 older people died last year waiting for aged care. But Labor remains wedded to an algorithm that's systemically under-assessing and denying care. Every older person deserves a human clinician determining their clinical needs – not a computer. youtu.be/VP34BGPCLDk?si=ppv0…
PENNY ALLMAN PAYNE: Labor's aged care algorithm is HARMING older people

PENNY ALLMAN PAYNE: Labor's aged care algorithm is HARMING older people

Labor's automation of aged care assessments has been a disaster, un...

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Mark Nicholson is a disgraceful arsewipe. Don't be like Mark #abc730
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Every time Mark Nicholson opens his mouth we get to hear the deeply immoral ideology that is grounded in One Nation's abhorrent agenda #abc730
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Jane Caro@JaneCaroOct 26
Watching 7.30 Report. This so-called satirical cartoonist is not the smartest tool in the shed, is he? Nor is he funny or creative. It’s racist bullying with a snigger.
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jansant@JansantOct 26
Reflecting on Indi and a Wangaratta vigil for Helen Haines nofibs.com.au/reflecting-on-… via @NoFibs @jansant #auspol
Reflecting on Indi and a Wangaratta vigil for Helen Haines

Reflecting on Indi and a Wangaratta vigil for Helen Haines

In Wangaratta last Friday night, Indi’s Helen Haines was supposed to help the independent candidate for Ovens Valley, Steve Manning launch his campaign for the Victorian state election. Helen…

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A message for Jess Wilson.
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